By Jeremy Humphrey

Hi, my name is Jeremy Humphrey. I am in scouts and 12 years old. This was my first year at the Klondike Derby. I went with my fellow patrol members and friends. We pulled a large well built sled. There were all kind of sleds there. Like one sled had wheels on it and another was too small and literally had bins that where tied to the sled and had many peoples stuff in it. Other than that it was great.

There were many events, some were really hard. Like we had to do something that’s called the Ravine Crossing. It’s where there are two big ropes with a zip line and your suppose to go to the other side by lifting your sled over and with all your patrol members and you were timed.

I think I liked it so much, I’ll do it again.

Klondike Derby

By Cooper Mangels

When I went to the 2013 Klondike Derby, I think it was the most fun I’ve ever had on any Klondike Derby I have been to. I am a Life Scout so, I am quite experienced with teamwork in Boy Scouts and that’s all it takes in the Klondike Derby, teamwork. But also, you’re freezing your tail off, but you are so involved with the task at hand that you can keep warming up your body. Furthermore, I think my favorite event was when we had to guide one of our patrol members across a designated area while they were blindfolded and they had snowshoes on, also we couldn’t talk to him, all we could do was lead him with the ropes that he was holding. Like I said, it was a pretty fun time at the Derby.

In conclusion, I did have a fun time with my patrol members in the Klondike Derby and am looking forward to the next derby.

(Go check out more pictures from the 2013 Klondike Derby in the 2013 Troop 282 Photo Collection.)